In Crimea, from December 6 to 8, security forces opened two cases of an extremist organization and conducted mass searches. The website “Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia” is about this. reports According to the community of believers, about 40 people were subject to investigative actions, 16 of them in the Simferopol region. The events took place as part of two criminal cases: against 53-year-old Dmitry Naukhatsky and 57-year-old Alexander Voronchikhin.

In Nizhny Novgorod, security forces are trying to conduct a search in an apartment that belongs to Dmitry Kalinichev, the brother of a witness in an anti-war case to discredit the army. He told OVD-Info about this himself, and OVD-Info lawyer Kristina Tyurina came to help. There is no one in Kalinichev’s home - it is undergoing renovations, and he himself is in a different place. The security forces call Dmitry's brother, Gleb, and demand to open the door, although he does not have the keys.

The Syzran City Court fined activist of the Council of Mothers and Wives, journalist Svetlana Belova, three thousand rubles. A few days before, she was detained along with her comrades, with whom they arrived in the city. The court's decision was reported on the telegram channel of the Council of Mothers and Wives. Belova was found guilty under the article on dissemination of extremist materials (Article 20.29 of the Administrative Code).

The State Duma has prepared for the second reading amendments to bills that change the norms of the Criminal Code and the Code of Administrative Offenses regarding “foreign agents”. According to them, in particular, fines for “foreign agents” and members of “foreign agents” associations are toughened and the criteria for criminal prosecution of “foreign agents” are changed.

The Omsk District Court sentenced archaeologist Evgeny Kruglov to eight months of correctional labor, finding him guilty of distributing “fakes” about the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). The man was released from custody in the courtroom. This was reported by OVD-Info lawyer Andrei Ognev, who is defending Kruglov. The reason for initiating the case was the repost of a news report about military operations in Mariupol from a closed group on VKontakte.

Galina Tichenko in a picket / photo: "Caucasian knot" In Volgograd, a pensioner Galina Tichenko was detained, who entered the alley of heroes with posters with articles from the Constitution and slogans requiring it. It is reported by the "Caucasian Knot". As the publication reports, a pensioner was previously detained for participating in protests.

In Bashkortostan, Teimur Abdullaev, a defendant in the Simferopol Hizb ut-Tahrir case, was placed in a punishment cell at the LIU-19 prison hospital. “Crimean Solidarity” is about this. reports Doctors sent the man for a medical examination on suspicion of tuberculosis. Upon arrival at the hospital, Abdullaev was placed in a punishment cell for unknown reasons. The man is currently awaiting test results for the infection.

Municipal deputy of the Tverskoy district of Moscow, Ketevan Kharaidze, was sentenced to four years in prison and a fine of 700 thousand rubles in a fraud case (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code). Member of the Yabloko party Andrey Morev talks about this in his Telegram channel. Prosecutor Kharaidze served six years in prison. Under SOTA, she was also banned from holding positions in government organizations for two years. After the meeting ended, the woman was taken into custody.

Politician Alexei Navalny said that a prisoner “who has big problems with household hygiene” was placed in his cell in the punishment cell in IK-6 in the Vladimir region. This was reported on the oppositionist's Twitter. According to Navalny, this is part of the pressure from the administration.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has put the founder of the art group “Party of the Dead” Maxim Evstropov on the federal wanted list. The corresponding card has appeared in the department’s database, attention to this “Mediazona”. appealed The card does not indicate the criminal article under which Evstropov is wanted. On September 1, members of the art group were searched as part of a criminal case for insulting the feelings of believers (Article 148 of the Criminal Code).

The Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court has overturned the sentence of a real term in a penal colony imposed on National Bolshevik Ramazan Suleimanov in the case of insulting a judge (Part 2 of Article 297 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by Idel.Realii with reference to the party "The Other Russia of Eduard Limonov". The case was sent back for a new trial after a complaint from the prosecutor's office. Suleimanov himself spoke out against the repeal of the sentence.

Russia blocked one of the domains of the Ukrainian project “I Want to Live,” where instructions were published on how to avoid mobilization and surrender. Roskomsvoboda is about this. reported The agency on whose initiative the next domain of the project was blocked is not specified. This is already the eighth domain of the project that has been blocked. Previously, blocking of “I want to live” domains was carried out at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office.

In Moscow, security forces detained activist Denis Yakushenkov on Red Square. He held a one-man picket against the law on “LGBTQ propaganda.” The SOTA telegram channel reports about the incident. It is not yet known what exactly the activist is charged with. 13:50 The activist was released with a report on violation of the rules of participation in a public event (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). This is reported by SOTA.

The consequences of the search with activist Dmitry Skurikhina / Ulyana Skurikhina The consequences of the search with activist Dmitry Skurikhina / Ulyana Skurikhina

The Central District Court of Novosibirsk imposed a suspended year and a half of imprisonment on civil activist Daria Gorbyleva in the case of a scuffle with police during a rally in support of Sergei Furgal. In court, the activist was represented by a lawyer from OVD-Info, Elena Shirnina. Gorbyleva was found guilty under the article on the use of violence against a police officer (Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code).